On November 17, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force. However, on December 4, 2023, a new court hearing was held under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
On February 13, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
Trial outcome 13.09.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 17.11.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome 04.12.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
The man is known to have worked as a mechanic at Zavet OJSC, a company that installs electrical systems. Previously, he was a sole proprietor who repaired cars.
Several criminal cases have been opened against the man for comments he made on Telegram. He deleted his account in 2022, but it was eventually found. The account was registered under his own Belarusian number, and for a time, even featured a photo of Pavel himself as its profile picture. During this time, he left over 600 comments in various chats.
On June 7, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
In the spring of 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 18.03.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Convicted for participating in the "Peace and Independence March" on August 30, 2020. At the trial, Stanislav admitted guilt. According to Stanislav , he moved both along the roadway and on the sidewalk; on the way, someone from the crowd handed him a white-red-white flag, with which he took a photo on his mobile phone. That day he was wearing a black T-shirt with the emblem of the “Pahonia” coat of arms, which was subsequently discovered during a personal search of him. He left the white-red-white flag, which one of the protesters gave him during the protest march, to be kept at his place of residence.
Trial outcome 15.09.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Sergei Mitskovich was accused of writing a comment on March 20, 2022 with the word “cattle” and mentioning Gaidukevich and Voskresensky. The message was written under a video where Oleg Gaidukevich, Yuriy Voskresensky, Grigory Azaryonok and some other pro-government activists went to the Ukrainian embassy in Minsk on March 20, 2022 and held what they called “an event against Nazi power in Ukraine.”
In this case, from the beginning of August 2023, Sergei was kept under house arrest (until trial).
Trial outcome 04.09.2023:
2 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
Artem is from Rogachev and studied at Gomel State Technical University. A few years ago the guy moved to Minsk and recently worked as a waiter.
In a “repentance” video published in mid-March, Artem said that he was detained “for moderating the 97% Serebryanka chat.” But the channel was recognized as an “extremist formation” only on May 30, 2023.
He began to be tried in the Minsk City Court on August 29, 2023 under Part 1 of Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code (Creation of an extremist formation).
Trial outcome 04.10.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Design engineer at Naftan, is deputy head of the independent trade union of Naftan workers. He was detained on September 27, 2021 at his workplace. In the Novopolotsk GAUS, a protocol was drawn up against the man under art. 19.11 Code of Administrative Offenses (distribution of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities). The offense, according to the police, is that on his Instagram page “Alexander distributed an information product included in the republican list of extremist materials.” A screenshot of the publication was attached to the written materials of the case, in which a man stands with a poster “I/we are TUT.by.”
Alexander’s case was reviewed on October 1 by Novopolotsk district judge Zinaida Balabolova. Balonkin did not admit his guilt at the trial and tried to find out how the police discovered that this was his Instagram page. According to Alexander, he does not have a personal page, so he does not know who owns the publication. Despite this, Judge Balabolova arrested the man for 15 days precisely because of the “extremist” logo in the photo on Instagram.
In August 2023, he was detained along with other members of the independent trade union "Naftan": Olga Britikova and Alexander Kukharenok.
In the “repentance video,” the detainee says that he works as a programmer in one of the companies. The police called him, “but the man did not listen to them,” he answered rudely and hung up.”
After that, security forces came to him and allegedly discovered that the man had participated in post-election protests.
In the “repentance video,” the detainee says that he is a first-year student at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and allegedly “administered a nationalist chat of Belarusians and Ukrainians,” where cruelty against the Russian military was published.
The guy also “admits to distributing Nazi and extremist materials.”
09/08/2023 convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from telegrams of the NEXTA channel. On September 11, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus brain channel. On September 19, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. Part 2. for 10 days for repeated reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus Brain channel. On September 29, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 days under Article 19.11. Part 2 for reposting from the telegram channel "Belarus of the Brain".
On October 15, 2023, charges were brought under Article 368 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus
20.09.2023
19.09.2023 осужден по статье 19.11. ч.2. на 10 суток за повторный репост из телеграмм канала "Беларусь головного мозга" судья Климук М.А.
Trial outcome 31.05.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
XX.01.2025 He was sentenced to imprisonment for political reasons. He was released, presumably, in the spring of 2024. On June 14, 2024, he signed a contract with the Russian army. Alexander died in early 2025.
On 22.12.2023, an appeal hearing was held and the verdict came into force.
He wasreleased, presumably, in the spring of 2024.Sincein May the searchparty"Simuran" reported that on May 10 Alexander left home and disappeared.Volunteersspecifiedthathe mayneedmedicalassistance .
Since then, Vitukhnovsky has not been heard from. On social media, Flagstok journalists found his selfie from June 24, 2024, and a blurry photo of a man in uniform, similar to an infantryman, from the back from November 4, 2024. His name was found on the list of Belarusian citizens who joined the Russian army.
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